10 Jan
2006
10 Jan
'06
7:01 p.m.
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:50:12 -0800 (PST)
Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com> wrote:
10.4 really didn't add much for me either, but I have a few apps that break
in 10.3, so I stay on 10.2.
This thread motivated me to give a try to PearPC, so I am
building it right now from the NetBSD pkgsrc collection. I'll
probably try to get MacOS 8 installed on it for the first
challange. I already have BOCHS running to emulate an 'x86
system. Maybe when I get PearPC all set up and running, I will
build it and bochs as well over on one of my Sparc machines, and
let the Windows and Mac virtual machines 'battle' it out on alien
territory (should be plenty slow on the grade of Sparc hardware I
have.) Years ago I ran Executor (a commercial 68k Mac emulator)
on a Linux system simultaneously with Wine (the Windows
emulator), and had both the Macintosh and Windows version of
'neko' (the little software cat who follows the mouse pointer
around) running running around simulatneously on the same desktop.
Hmm. PearPc built from source in the time it's taken to type
this message.
EtherTalk was added back in 10.2, which is still the
version of OS X I use
day-to-day (my file server runs 10.3 and my laptop runs 10.4, but 10.2 seems
to be the best compatibility conjunction for me).
10.3 added a *must have* feature for me, and that's the fast user switching.
The only gain I see with 10.4 is better font support in X-Windows, and that
doesn't offset the loss of classic Appletalk support. I think it's been a *LONG* time since I
looked at either of those. I didn't
even realize Sheepshaver ran on Linux, and I've never looked at PearPC. Are
there Mac OS X native versions of any of these? Sheepshaver looks close to
what I'm looking for.
PearPC, dunno. Sheepshaver, yes! There is an OS X version here
(clunky but works):
http://www.gibix.net/projects/sheepshaver/
It runs under 10.2.8 and up. It's stable, just not very friendly.
Based on what little time I was able to spend
earlier looking at the site
trying to get info on iLive '06 they seem to be seriously lacking on info on
their new products.
I'll say.
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